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Screening Optimization of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

Objective. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients are at increased risk of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) but there are no clear guidelines for LTBI screening with Tuberculin Skin Test (TST) or Quantiferon TB Gold testing (QFT-G). Methods. A retrospective study was conducted in a high risk, largel...

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Autores principales: Mehta, Bella, Zapantis, Ekaterini, Petryna, Olga, Efthimiou, Petros
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4532802/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26294972
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/569620